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Conversation Gained-How to Determine Influence in B2B Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

Knowing your industry backwards and forwards becomes one of your biggest strengths; and yes, ideally industry expertise should extend from the c-suite all the way down to the lower junior or new hire levels. Do you get the sense that they don’t even pay attention to their feed? Are they an industry resource?

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Facebook News Feed Update: Now What?

Jon Loomer

You’ve undoubtedly heard by now about the big Facebook news feed update that was announced recently. The news feed is sorted and customized based on a ranking system. Posts that get long, thoughtful replies will get priority in your feed. But we’ve heard before that pages would receive lower priority in the feed.

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Conversational analytics: How to use social listening for brand insights

Sprout Social

In doing so, they have leveled the playing field for brands of all sizes and industries. Within these tools, conversational analytics harnesses the power of customer conversations and discussions by identifying and tracking hidden brand insights. What is conversational analytics? Here is a closer look at the key benefits.

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Making waves: Unexpected industries innovating on social

Sprout Social

But if you work in a technical or niche industry, it might seem like you don’t belong on social. No matter your industry, you can make waves on social media. Industry events and webinars make space for people to discuss trends, talk about controversies and tout the latest innovations in their industries.

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Facebook News Feed Changes. Stay Calm. Don’t Panic.

yMarketingMatters

#Facebook News Feed Changes. 7 tips to improve your chances of your followers seeing your posts [link] Click To Tweet Now that it’s been over three weeks since the announcements from Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s News Feed algorithm changes, I hope everyone has calmed down a little. This goes into the News Feed. #7

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Industry benchmarks to inform your social media presence

Sprout Social

You may have reports set up to measure your own key metrics, but in the course of trying to prove the value of social to your larger organization, you’ve likely run into questions about how you stack up to competitors or how your social presence “should” be going compared to your industry. How social stacks up across industries.

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Facebook Marketers are Already Fumbling News Feed Change

Jon Loomer

It’s been a little over a week since Facebook announced the latest news feed change intended to surface more content from friends and less content from brands. In that time, it’s clear marketers are setting the groundwork for future news feed changes. The History of News Feed Changes. Call me cynical.

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